Arlington art teacher and parent learns to ‘walk with cancer’ after a diagnosis upended her life

It started out as an ordinary day, like any other.
Nikki Reed, her husband Mike, and their two young children, 5-year-old Sylvia and 6-month-old Eli, were spending their Fourth of July at the pool when Reed began to feel dizzy.
Thinking she was just dehydrated, Reed went home, took a cold shower and drank plenty of water. But the dizziness persisted.
That night, she struggled to remove her contacts and earrings with her left hand. The following morning, she had difficulty holding Eli and her le